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[Chap. V. 



him. He found, however, that his plan aroused great oppo- 

 sition, and extreme anxiety impaired his health. He wrote to 

 me : " I am not pulled down so, physically, as I was at the 



epoch (what ages ago) ; but more so spiritually, because 



the way of the Lord does not seem so clear. ... I work as 

 hard as possible, and have got the bulk of the [Smithsonian] 

 work done. All that I contemplate is, getting things into the 

 state in which others can go on. I am sorry to send you a 



sorry letter; but I said in the times, that, if the Lord 



intended me for heaven, there would be many more and bitter 

 trials before I could be fit for it : the bottom of my heart does 

 not distrust the Lord." 



Though he had to leave America without Robbie, his 

 friends were not unmindful of his wishes. After a time, Dr. 

 Henry induced the janitor to restore the boy to Dr. Graves, 

 the benevolent secretary of the Baltimore Refuge, who had 

 taken pains to learn whether the English home was likely to be 

 a happy one. They had proof of Philip's constancy in the 

 interval that elapsed before Robbie was sent to him : and his 

 subsequent life showed how faithful he was to this new trust. 



